Extra credit Assignments: Choose your adventure. Activity topics should come from our current unit
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15 XP Assignments
20-30 Minutes to complete
Name | Type | Description |
A word from the unit is written vertically and then each letter is used to start each line of a descriptive poem. | ||
Create a print advertisement for an invention from the given civilization. | ||
Write a letter to a historical figure giving him or her advice on a problem. | ||
Write a short explanation of the life experience of a particular object from history like Da Vinci's first paintbrush. | ||
Complete a poem with a pre-made layout about a specific person or group in history. | ||
Create a witty bumper sticker about a specific topic. Recommended only for highly creative students. | ||
Describe two causes and two effects for a given historical event. | ||
Create a caution sign warning people about something dangerous from a civilization. (Thanks Doug!) | ||
Complete a 5-stage graphic organizer including key terms, review questions and a symbol. | ||
Using a picture with random shapes and scribbles create a scene from or representing the current unit. | ||
Write out the daily schedule for someone living in an ancient civilization. | ||
Design the epitaph and gravestone for a famous figure. May require outside research. | ||
Design a game that could be played in a civilization we've studied. Consider the impact of their geography and culture. | ||
Complete a graphic organizer highlighting the influences and contributions of a civilization or person. | ||
Create a T-chart to determine if a historical figure was a good or bad person. | ||
Like a Venn Diagram only less reliant on drawing properly sized circles (which I can't do...) | ||
Answer a series of thought-provoking analysis questions about a photograph or piece of art. | ||
Design a graphic organizer in the shape of a picture frame about a historical figure. | ||
Make a postcard as if you were visiting an ancient civilization. | ||
Gives grades to a historical figure in categories assigned by your teacher. | ||
Create a simple chart to help you understand a primary source. | ||
Create a top ten list of contributions and achievements from a civilization. | ||
Write a summary of a historical event in the form of a text message to a friend. | ||
Complete a Venn Diagram (kinda...) to compare and contrast two historical figures, events or civilizations. | ||
Create a wanted (or hero) poster for a person from history. |
30 XP Assignments
45 minutes to complete
Name | Type | Description |
Students draw a full-page picture of a historical object or location and write 6 captions to describe it. | ||
A chart set up like a tournament bracket where students "battle" terms from the unit against each other. | ||
A 3-D graphic organizer that highlights the key characteristics and events of a person's life courtesy of mrwoodside.com. | ||
List 10 important people, events, concepts, etc. and 5 generic history terms then create conceptual links between them in a graphic organizer. | ||
Complete two bio-poems side to side to highlight the similarities and differences between two historical figures or groups. | ||
Complete a graphic organizer as a history unit summary. Requires the unit to be broken down into 5 parts to work as shown here. | ||
Create a 3-5 panel comic strip showing an event from a historical perspective. | ||
Design a superhero based around a civilization or historical era. Give him or her powers, a motto, a sidekick and a weakness. | ||
Write a series of diary entries as if you were a person in history truly experiencing a historical event. | ||
Create flashcards for 4 key terms from the unit. | ||
Draw a map and add captions or small pictures to bring the map to life. | ||
Draw a timeline and add captions or small pictures to bring it to life. | ||
Create an instant message conversation between two historical figures about a historic event. | ||
Write and recite an introductory speech for a historical figure. May require outside research. | ||
Create an invitation (the who, what, when, where, what to bring, etc.) to a historical event we studied in the unit. | ||
Write a legal defense for a historical figure who may have committed a crime. | ||
Draw the clothing a historical figure would likely wear and describe some of his/her inner thoughts and feelings. | ||
Create a 3-D monument to memorialize a person from history. | ||
Imagine how a historical figure would view modern inventions and ideas. | ||
A series of activities to help get the most information possible out of a section of reading in the textbook. | ||
Write a recipe with a list of ingredients it would take to create a given civilization. This definitely requires abstract thinking. | ||
Create a television channel line-up based on a recent unit. Decide what shows would on to match up to the culture. | ||
Rewrite the lyrics to a song to make it about a historical period. | ||
Transport yourself back in time and figure out what would happen to someone your age and gender in a given civilization. | ||
Create three trading cards for people, events or objects from a given unit. The cards each include basic information and a "relevance rating." Try to collect them all! | ||
Draw pictures contrasting key points of two civilizations. |
45 XP Assignments
90 minutes to complete
Name | Type | Description |
Find 5 modern items that represent different aspects of a civilization and use them to report on the civilization. | ||
Make your own crossword puzzle using terms from the current unit. | ||
Research information on the warriors of two civilizations and then simulate a battle between them. | ||
Write a creative fictional story using key terms and figures from the unit. | ||
Imagine what personal information would be included in a historical figures apps. | ||
Write a series of letters home as if you were traveling on a long journey. | ||
Design a one-page magazine cover for a given section of the textbook. | ||
Use art and writing to recreate a given unit as a movie. Includes designing a movie poster and writing a movie review. | ||
Create a puppet of a historical figure along with a list of statements that person might say. | ||
Create a children's book about a given topic. | ||
Write and perform a short play about a historical event. Completed in pairs or small groups. | ||
Create a "pop-up" 3D display of the key aspects of a culture. | ||
Create a social network page for a historical figure | ||
Create a storyboard layout for a movie based on a historical event. | ||
Create a six-panel foldout brochure that highlights the history, hot spots, and accommodations of a civilization. You also get to design an amusement park! | ||
Create the layout for a web page about a specific topic from the unit. | ||
Aka: Fracture | Flip the script on an event in history. Change one major detail from the event then speculate how this would have changed the outcome. Show your results in a recreated textbook page. |
60 XP Assignments
All 40 point assignments require significant work outside of class and take up to 4 hours to complete.
Name | Type | Description |
Working with a partner create a picture for 26 key terms each starting with a different letter of the alphabet. If you ask nicely I might let you skip 2 of the tougher letters. | ||
Create a soccer ball shaped graphic organizer that represents different aspects of a civilization. | ||
Create a board game using historical information. Be creative and follow directions carefully. | ||
Write a report on and build a model of a historical object or location. | ||
Working with a group of 3 - 4 students film a short newscast about a historical event. | ||
Working with a partner create a newspaper with sports reports, comic strips, ads and other articles about a civilization. | ||
Create a large word cluster using terms from the unit. Then write sentences explaining how the words are connected. It is basically a very large Brain Chain. | ||
Slideshow Presentation | Create a PowerPoint presentation on a topic. It must be at least as good as what you see from me in class! | |
Create a textbook section on a topic from history. Our textbook is terrible so help me make a better one! |
Thank you Mr. Roughton!